Sentences with phrase «wealthier districts such»

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West Genesee doesn't have the extras that wealthier Downstate districts enjoy, such as Long Island's Syosset schools, where kindergartners learn Russian and high schoolers can be trained by Metropolitan Opera coaches.

In my city, New York, elite private schools such as Dalton, Horace Mann, Spence, Brearley, Riverdale Country School, and at least two dozen more levy tuitions in the range of $ 20,000 a year — exceeding what even the wealthiest New York suburban school districts spend per student.

On the contrary, local - control arguments have been most successful in court when the states themselves have wielded them as a means of resisting new obligations, such as equalizing spending between wealthy and poor districts.

Not only does Rocketship outperform nearby schools, but its schools also outperform wealthier California school districts, such as the Palo Alto Unified School District.

Her so - called evidence that the school is cooking its books is that Randolph's ACT scores are far below the state average, as if such comparisons to wealthy districts somehow disqualify Randolph's impressive year - over-year improvement in most areas.

For instance, the Isolation of Wealth Index captures districts such as Kentucky's Oldham County Schools, which has a relatively low - poverty rate of 19 percent, is the wealthiest county in Kentucky, and is the 20th - wealthiest county in the country.

It also upped the ante in the ongoing battle between the politically powerful union and well - monied charter schools — one in which charter schools such as Success Academy locate in black and brown low - income neighborhoods and continually outperform public schools in wealthier public schools districts.

Despite the disproportionate concentration of PTA donations in affluent schools, we found that few of the districts with the 50 richest PTAs have policies in place to respond to outsized donations to the wealthiest schools.30 A couple of districts place restrictions on how parent - raised funds can be spent, such as banning their use to pay for school staff.

Some property - wealthy districts are also gaming the system by purchasing things that are typically paid for with M&O revenue - such as furniture, buses and computers - with I&S revenue.